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Where are the latest Patran 2017 PCL programming manuals and where are the detailed instructions for the gm_write_image function?

toby.t.norris
Where are the Patran 2017 manuals for PCL programming. The last ones I have are for 2013. Specifically you have altered the behavior of the gm_write_image function and I need to see what has changed between v2013 and v2017.  With v2017 I am now getting images saved with 32 bit color depth which is a problem compared to what I was getting before from Patran v2014 which were 8 bit color depth.  When I look up gm_write_image on your website I find nothing, and when I lookup "Patran Manuals" I find nothing. And with my new Patran 2017 installation I see no PCL programming manuals.  Why is it so difficult to get information about PCL programming?
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    Thanks Arthur.  I was finally able to find and download the latest pdf help files on your website for Patran v2017 PCL programming.  Unfortunately, none of those manuals even mention the very important gm_write_image command.  Your online help search does provide information for this command as part of the "Acumen" help.  But that is actually a different command that only has 8 arguments.   The Patran command actually has 9 arguments as you can see from the code excerpt below.  That excerpt shows how I am using this function to write out plot files. 
     
    Your programmers have apparently change the behavior of this command with Patran v2017 to write out much higher color depth than with v2014.  So now my plot files are much larger and have yellow background instead white background. 
     
    I just need to know which function argument needs to be changed so I can get 8 bit color image files in png format. 
     
      gm_write_image( "PNG", PlotFileName"Overwrite", 0., 0., 1., 1., 0, "Viewport" )
     
    Thanks,
    Toby
      
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    Thanks Arthur.  I was finally able to find and download the latest pdf help files on your website for Patran v2017 PCL programming.  Unfortunately, none of those manuals even mention the very important gm_write_image command.  Your online help search does provide information for this command as part of the "Acumen" help.  But that is actually a different command that only has 8 arguments.   The Patran command actually has 9 arguments as you can see from the code excerpt below.  That excerpt shows how I am using this function to write out plot files. 
     
    Your programmers have apparently change the behavior of this command with Patran v2017 to write out much higher color depth than with v2014.  So now my plot files are much larger and have yellow background instead white background. 
     
    I just need to know which function argument needs to be changed so I can get 8 bit color image files in png format. 
     
      gm_write_image( "PNG", PlotFileName"Overwrite", 0., 0., 1., 1., 0, "Viewport" )
     
    Thanks,
    Toby
      
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